The Allstate Foundation of Canada was established in 1977 to provide donations and grants to non-profit, registered charitable organizations in Canada

We support organizations and initiatives that focus on fostering an environment of inclusion, involvement and empowerment for those who experience barriers to participation – whether it be within their community, career, or personal life.

We prioritize causes and projects that work to create a more inclusive world for people with disabilities and those experiencing financial hardship. Some of the organizations we have recently supported include Old Brewery Mission, DeRo Foundation, The Shoebox Project for Women, and Inclusion Canada (formerly the Canadian Association for Community Living). Does your organization or project align with our social impact focus? Please send funding inquires to foundation@allstate.ca.

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CIBC is committed to supporting causes that matter to our clients, our team members and our communities. We aim to make a difference through corporate donations, sponsorships and the volunteer spirit of our employees.

Before you apply, please ensure you have reviewed CIBC's funding guidelines and that your request meets at least one of our strategic areas of focus — cancer and persons with disabilities.

If you’re new to Canada and don’t have a credit history, Futurpreneur Canada wants to help you launch your business. We provide tailored support and eligibility criteria to reflect your new status in Canada. Spark Centre in Oshawa and the Business Advisory Centre Durham (BACD) are community partners of the Futurpreneur Canada Newcomer Program.

Note: this is repayable financing, not a grant. For more information, please contact BACD.

The Legacy Fund component provides funding for community-initiated capital projects, intended for community use. Recipients may receive up to 50 per cent of eligible project expenses up to a maximum of $500,000.

Funding supports community-initiated capital projects that:

Projects must be submitted before the anniversary date of the event or personality to be commemorated.

The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) – Exhibition Circulation Fund component assists museums with the costs related to the hosting of travelling exhibitions originating from another museum or from a federal heritage institution and the borrowing of artefacts from any of the National museums of Canada.

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing funding to support Indigenous communities in their efforts to:

What are culture and language recordings?

Culture and language recordings are oral and audiovisual recordings that are important to Indigenous peoples. For example, traditional stories or oral histories recorded on cassette or VHS tape. The recording may be in any language if the community determines that the content is culturally significant.

Get guidance and a grant for your small business. If you’re starting, expanding or buying a small business, apply for training, mentoring and a grant through Starter Company Plus.

Through Starter Company Plus, you can:

You can also apply for a grant of up to $5,000. These supports are available if you want to start a new company, expand an existing company or buy a business in Ontario.

You apply through a Small Business Enterprise Centre. There’s no application period or deadline. You can apply any time.

Connect with Patrice Esper, Youth Program Coordinator, Business Advisory Centre Durham (BACD)

Phone: (905) 668-4949 x227

Email: pesper@bacd.ca

Webpage: http://bacd.ca/starter-company/

Our Loan Program has helped support more than $17 billion in local infrastructure investments across Ontario. It provides affordable, long-term financing to public sector clients, allowing them to modernize and renew their infrastructure.

We’ve helped hundreds of clients deliver thousands of community projects in all parts of the province. Our Loan Program has been used to revitalize roads and bridges, build new recreation centres and affordable housing units, and purchase equipment like fire trucks and energy-efficient streetlights.

We tailor our loans to meet the unique needs and complex development challenges of municipalities, housing providers, universities and other eligible public sector clients. All borrowers within each sector share the same affordable rates and benefits of the Loan Program regardless of their size or location.

Each loan is different, but its impact is the same: efficient, healthier and more prosperous communities across Ontario.

Innoweave provides funding to help organizations access coaching for implementing a new approach. It is expected that organizations will have discussed a potential scope of work with their prospective coach before applying. Eligibility and requirements vary depending on the coaching stream you are interested in pursuing for your organization.

We promote inclusion and pluralism through media and arts, support for young content creators, and impact investing—specifically addressing discrimination based on ethnicity, race, or religion.

Our current strategic plan identifies two priorities: fostering reconciliation and addressing Islamophobia. These priorities, as well as a commitment to equity, fall within our overall mission of building a more inclusive and pluralist Canada.

Our grants and programming help develop young content creators within the arts and media sectors, and also support individuals and organizations pushing for systemic change. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our timelines for various initiatives, however, we remain committed to furthering equity through our programming vision.

The McLean Foundation will only accept applications from organizations that have first submitted a letter of inquiry and then been asked to submit a full proposal. Applicants should note that their letters of inquiry are viewed by the Board of Directors along with the full proposal.

If your organization is invited to submit a full proposal, please follow the guidelines for full proposals.

RBC believes in supporting artists and art organizations of different genres including visual art, music, theatre, performance, literature and film. We support programs that provide emerging artists with mentorships, apprenticeships and exposure to new and diverse audiences at the start of their career or early in their career.

We will donate to charitable programs that:

RBC Tech for Nature is our multi-year commitment to preserving the world’s greatest wealth: our natural ecosystem. We work with partners to leverage technology and innovation capabilities to solve pressing environmental challenges. RBC Tech for Nature brings to life the fifth pillar of the RBC Climate Blueprint, our enterprise approach to accelerating clean economic growth.

In order to positively influence our environment, we need to address not only the issues at hand, but also the methods we use to confront them. The most impactful programs often require multi-sector expertise. That’s why RBC® is working to bring the right partners together to tackle these global challenges. The program aims to develop multi-sector partnerships to create positive progress.

Our funding is supporting technology-driven programs in three key areas:

Data: There is a lack of organized data on the health of our planet and how our actions affect it. We believe creating a common language about the environment through data will allow for informed and meaningful decision-making.

Innovation Ecosystem: We believe that we need to launch and scale up game changing solutions by empowering the entrepreneurs, ventures and charities working to build solutions to solve the pressing environmental challenges of today.

Communities of Action: Each person holds more power than they think. We believe that through technology, we can empower individuals to work with their communities and positively change their behaviour to produce a notable change for our planet.

We fund programs that address youth and family’s immediate need to access mental health services, a critical area identified by parents, youth and experts in the field. We have chosen to focus our funding on two areas where we believe our support can make the biggest difference:

We will also consider supporting other programs that increase access to care if they are collaborative, have proven results and can demonstrate successful outcomes.

We will prioritize granting for programs that increase collaboration across service providers to reduce fragmentation. Our hope is that our funding will help achieve integration not just within the mental health system, but between the mental health and general health systems. We also prefer to fund programs that do not duplicate services provided by other organizations.

TechSoup Canada is a program of the Centre for Social Innovation, and a member of the TechSoup Global Network. Being a non-profit ourselves, we understand all too well the challenges facing the Canadian non-profit sector and we want to help. We can connect you to donated and discounted technologies through our technology donations program and provide valuable learning resources to equip you and your colleagues with technology tips and best practices.

Qualified charities, non-profits and libraries can order donated and discounted software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Bitdefender Antivirus and more) for a very low administrative fee.

The Town of Whitby has two Community Development Funds that provide financial assistance for community groups and individuals within Whitby to help them undertake initiatives that will benefit the community.

The Mayor's Community Development Fund (MCDF) utilizes net revenue from the Mayor's Golf Tournament and the Mayor's Fundraiser to provide financial support to community groups, events and initiatives that will benefit the community. Up to 50% of the proceeds raised by the Mayor's Golf Tournament will be awarded to a lead cause or charity and up to 50% of the proceeds raised by the Mayor's Fundraiser will be awarded to another lead cause or charity. The balance will be awarded in smaller community grants of up to $5,000.

The Performing Arts Community Development Fund (PACDF) utilizes net revenues from the 2008-2012 Mayor's Galas to provide financial support to Whitby based community groups/organizations with a presence in Whitby for performing arts programs, events, initiatives and projects. Funding is provided for community grants of up to $5,000. Funding of up to $25,000 may be available for exceptional performing arts programs, events, projects or initiatives, including capital.

Applications will be evaluated by a Grants Review Committee that meets on a monthly basis. All applications will receive a formal notice of decision within two months of receipt of application.

The Zukerman Family Foundation was created after the death of Barry Zukerman, a successful member of the Canadian financial community. To honour his memory, the foundation's inaugural project was the creation of the Barry Zukerman Investment Fund at McGill University.

Since then there have been many other organizations and projects funded by the Foundation. Some of these have included, The Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre at Earl Bales Park, the founding of The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Kolel: The Adult Center of Liberal Jewish Learning, Women's and Children's V.O.I.C.E., Canine Companions for Independence U.S.A and the Canadian Women's Foundation.

The Funding Portal is Canada's national bilingual e-commerce platform and one-window gateway to improve access to government funding. The Portal aggregates more than 7,000 sources of funding within a free searchable database, with more than 4,500 government sources and 2,500 private sources, representing more than $30 billion in funding sources for your charity, non-profit, or business.

Note: This is a subscription-based service

Grant Connect is an innovative and comprehensive tool that connects charities with funders who share their cause. It is the next generation of Imagine Canada's Directory to Foundations & Corporations, a beloved publication with a 45-year legacy in the charitable sector.

Note: This is a subscription-based service

The OAC offers two types of grant programs:

Project grants: one-time grants for specific projects, available to individual artists, ad hoc groups/collectives and organizations

Operating grants: ongoing support for Ontario-based, not-for-profit arts organizations and for-profit book and magazine publishers